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An old townhouse has a room to let, and a young man moves into it. It was previously occupied by an actor, and it contains most of his belongings and memorabilia. Naturally, the new tenant is curious and explores all these things, including the man's movie stills. Among the possessions is a gun, and the boy finds that the actor killed himself with it. At some point in his review of the actor's life, he notices a beautiful woman in a building across the way from his room. Becoming obsessed with her, he stops going to work and seeing his girlfriend. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi